Condition — Grabbed

A creature is holding you in place. You are stuck and exposed.

Mechanical Effects:

• You are Off-Guard (-2 circumstance penalty to AC)
• You are Immobilized (can't use movement actions)
• You must succeed at a DC 5 flat check for any action with the manipulate trait (drawing weapons, retrieving items, casting spells with somatic components)
• If the flat check fails, the action is wasted

How Applied:

• Grapple action (Athletics check vs. Fortitude DC)
• Monster grab abilities (many monsters have "Grab" or "Improved Grab")
• Some spells and effects

How Removed:

• Escape action (your choice of Acrobatics or Athletics vs. the grabber's Athletics DC)
• The grabber releasing you (costs them a free action)
• The grabber being Incapacitated or moving away
• Freedom of movement or similar magic
• Breaking the grab through force (dealing enough damage to disable the grabber)

Interactions:

• The creature grabbing you must use one hand/limb to maintain the grab
• If the grabber is knocked Prone, the grab ends
• Grabbed is less severe than Restrained (Restrained = Off-Guard + Immobilized + more restrictions)
• A Critical Success on Grapple makes the target Restrained instead of Grabbed

Tactical Impact: Grabbing is a core martial tactic in PF2e. Off-Guard (-2 AC) for the entire party to exploit, plus Immobilized to prevent positioning. Athletics-focused characters (Fighters, Monks with Grapple) can lock down key targets.